studentsblogging - Get Started

Get Started!

Kidblogs or Edublogs or PikiFriends or Class Blogmeister
Tutorials:
Kidblogs (5 minutes on how to begin; dashboard overview)
Kidblogs (5 minute tutorial-a larger overview than the above)
Edublogs (5 minutes each; how to begin; writing posts & more)
ClassBlogmeister (several tutorials)
PikiFriends (tutorials for teacher features; student features)

How to Set Up a Classroom Blog: 10 Essential Stepsby PikiFriends Co-Founder, Jeff Dionne.

Visit: Begin2Blog Wikispaces to see the What and Why of Blogging.
Visit: 30 Classroom Blogs to view different classroom blogs from around the world to get ideas.
Visit: Reach Rocketeers - a classroom Blog
Visit: Ultimate Guide to To the Use of Blogs in Teaching. This is a summary of Using Blogs in Teaching and the Classroom.
Visit: Continue Student Blogging: A slideshare by Langwitches, Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano about benefits of student blogging.
Visit: Four Part Series on Student Blogging by Langwitches, Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano.
Visit: Blogging With Students Livebinder compiled by Greta Sandler.

Blog Content!

Establish a Goal:

Do you want your students to share information? Reflect upon a learning activity? or Blog just for fun?

Topics:

Write what they are passionate about! Give clear expectations.

Frequency:

Have students post on a regular basis to build readership.

Comments:

Creating content that asks readers to respond makes blogging a 2 way conversation. Respond to those who leave comments.

Characteristics of a Post